Born: 18 February 1898

Born in: Fencehouses, Co Durham

Died: 1985

Other clubs: Chester-Le-Street , Fencehouses, Sunderland (1920-21), Bristol City (1925-29), Blackburn Rovers (1929-30), Reading (1930-31), Mansfield Town (1931-32), Crewe Alexandra (1932-33)

Signed from: Sunderland

Joined Liverpool: £250, 10.08.1921

Debut: 04 Mar 1922

Final appearance: 16 Mar 1925

Debut goal: 01 Apr 1922

Last goal: 04 Nov 1922

Contract until: May 1925

League: Apps / Goals: 19 / 3

All Competitions: Apps / Goals: 19 / 3

Player Profile

Gilhespy was an outside-right who played in 19 first division games for Liverpool in the 1920's, spread over four seasons. Billy Lacey was established in the side when the club won the League title in 1921/22 and he only missed three matches that season with Gilhespy stepping in on two of those occasions. Lacey missed a number of games in the middle of the following season when Liverpool also finished in first place, but the ten matches Gilhespy figured in were not enough to qualify him for a Championship medal. Even though Lacey was still at the club, Gilhespy was selected for the opening four League fixtures of the 1923/24 season but hardly had a look-in after that run. Gilhespy was a vital part of the Bristol City team that won promotion to Second Division in the 1926/27 season, but after less than stellar progress by the club at this level he moved to first division Blackburn Rovers after four years at City. Gilhespy wasn‘t first-choice at Rovers and went on a transfer merry-go-round where he never stayed more than 12 months at each club.